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KEEP THE SYSTEM 
regular with Troplc-Pruit 
Laxative, and yon will al. 
ways feel and look well 
It Is better than pills and 
the usual purgatives. Un 
like them. It does not sick 
en or weaken the stomach. 
The dose is small, the tastr 
delicious. Ladles andchll 
dren tike It. Try a 25 cent 
box and yon will be sure 
“ I hope, John, you will contract no bad 
habits at college,” said a solicitious mother.— 
*' Well ’’growledthe husband, “I hope he'll 
not expand those he already has 11 
“How is it,” asked a lady, “that Time is 
always represented as bald-headed ? To 
which a gentleman replied, “So many have 
taken Time by the forelock, the probabilities 
are they pulled out all his hair!” 
Once, it is said, they started a female sem¬ 
inary in TJ tah. For a time things flourished 
“Allwent well until one day”—then the 
principal eloped with the whole school. 
io adopt It as a family necessity. 
Sold hv all UrWRtst*. 
Haysville, Ohio, Feb. 11,18S0. 
I am very glad to say I have tried Hop Bitters, and 
never took anything that did me as much good. I 
only took two bottles and I would not take fc'.OO for 
the good they did me. I recommend them to my pa. 
tlents, and get the best results from their use. 
C.B. MERCER, M.D. 
Easily Proves.—I t is easily proven that malarial 
fevers, constipation torpidity of the liver and kid¬ 
neys. general deblhtv, nervousness and oe.uralgic ail¬ 
ments yl Id rea dly to this great disease conqueror. 
Hop Bitters Itrepalrs the ravages of disease by con¬ 
verting the fond into rlchblond, and It gives new life 
and vigor to the aged and infirm always.— Adv. 
MANUAL 
Embraces every desirable novelty of 
the season, fully described in their 
of EVERYTHING forthB 
■which for 1SSIJ. contains PETER HENDERSON'S 
PLENTY OF GAME. 
How the Jones boys “ fooled ” the hunters ! 
IF YOU HAVE A GARDEN, YOU NEED 
Crop.— Potatoes, Burbank’s Seedling, planted second week in dune, m drills ou inenes apart—an tne seeu nome raiseu auu cut auae. 
Nine Acres, divided into six equal plots (1% acre each), all alike in fertility, character of soil and drainage. Each plot given the same treat 
ment.with plow cultivator and hoe. 
$36 worth of Manure or Fertilizer used on each plot, excepting No. 4, which received no manure. 
PLOTS \K YIELD IN BUSHELS 
ACRES.* NAMES OF MANURES. HOW APPLIED. QUALITY OF CROP. FROM ACRES. 
1 MAPES’S POTATO, Inthedrills - Large, smooth, most excellent cooking quality. 340 BUSHELS. 
2 Fine barn-yard. Plowed under. Medium size, lacking in smoothness and quality. 147 
3 4 . 4 ^ Guano. In the drills. Good potatoes, but not so good in quality as 1 and 5. 186 
4 Natural soil. No manure. Small and poor potatoes. 119 
5 MAPES’S POTATO. In the drills, Most excellent, equal to plot 1. 330 
6 Fine barn-yard. Broadcasted after planting. Medium size, lacking in smoothness and quality. *189 “ 
• This result may have been partly due to the manure acting as a mulch. 
The Potatoes planted with the Mapes Manure also remained green much longer than those with ****** Guano and Barn-yard Manure. 
<• The Mapes’-grown Potatoes are pronounced by all as remarkably fine, and we even now are Ailing orders for seed. Next season we plant 
the same nine acres and five acres adjoining, all in Potatoes with 1,500 pounds per acre of Mapea’s Potato Manure,” 
For circulars, 1883,on Complete Manures for each crop and price list send postal to 
THE MAPES FORMULA & PERUVIAN GUANO CO., 158 Front St., New York. 
Established 1845, 
300 BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS, 
With n ri-'hlr onlorrd piste of n Group of Carnation,, and a do. 
soripttri! nri.-d lixlof *.000 varieties of Fd>wkr and Vsoktxbi.k 
—\> iitt much useful Information uponihclronUorc—150 page, 
—mailed to all ni pileunt, enclosing 0 cents to prepay postage 
Extra Early. Very Dwarf (8 to IO Incltesi, Re¬ 
quires no Bushing, Exqulaito Flavor. 
Aektiowled— d hr nil to he tbehert nnd earliest Pea er n-n. 
CAl'TI«N.- !v» there Is another Pea It. the market . nib Y 
*• American bonder, " scud to us and get the genuine KUaa - Amer¬ 
ican Wonder. 
PRtntu.—Half pint package, 2D cents; pint, 45 cent,; quart, 
80; hr mall, po-t-pald. 
Our'Norelc. Meet, giving full particulars of all the leading uov- 
rlti.a, mailed free. 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 34 Barclay Street. IT i York. 
VETERAN CORN SHELLER and ONE HORSE POWER 
22)^ Revolutions of Tumbling Rod to one round 
of Horse. 
CAPACITY OF 
5 gg|i 7 SHELLER 
30 bushels pr hour. 
NEARLY 1,000 
RECORDED PURE I!RED 
Percheron-N orman Horses 
Imported anil Bred bv 
JVt. W. J>UIIHAM 
oaklawn farm, 
Wayne, Du Pago County, Illinois 
ftu oIIm wphI ca Chir&vro, on C» & N . tT, !Vy. 
jjl 468 0F THE FINEST 
/3&S) Imported from France by 
him during tho past 
/aZ 12 months, 
.VyjJw <259 since July 1st,' 
Power suited for Running 
( burns, Pumps and all light farm work 
JF* Write for Circulars. Address 
SANDWICH MANUFACTURING CO., Sandwich, Ill 
Htnuoeo 
THE BRADLEY 
ROAD CART. 
Gentlemen buy them for their Road Driving. 
Business Men use them for Runulng About. 
Physicians Drive them In their Practice. 
For Jogging Trotters they excel all other Vehicles. 
They are Easily Drawn when the Roads are Bad. 
Their Use Saves High-priced Vehicles greatly. 
No other Vehicle Is so Safe for Ladies and Children 
to Use. 
Three Styles, weighing from 90 lbs. to ldi lbs. 
Prices from 853.00 to 8>80 00. 
First-class in every respect, and 
everybody likes them. 
Bend for Illustrated Price List. 
BRADLEY & COMPANY, 
(Established ih 3L) Syracuse, N. V. 
The Albion Spring-tooth 
LKY HARROW 
Still maintains Its position as the BEST 
SPRING TOOTH HARROW on wheels 
In the market. (-q ~~.._ 
It is unsur- 
passed as a ' 
TORN CUL¬ 
TIVATOR. 
and bas a first class 
'■n ~/|TT mp.Miaotu, hl. 
Iteiuir more tlutu tlie eombined im- 
nortnlionw Ofltl other Importers of all 
kinds of Draft Horses from Europe for 
any previous ,i ear: and more than have 
ever been imported and bred by any 
other iniin or lirnt during; their entire 
business career. 
fliese statementH tirade horses 
are not included to swell numbers or 
mislead. 
Come and sec for yourselves the greatest import 
iijg and breeding establishment in the world. 
\ i si tors always welcome, whether tbev desire to 
purchase or not. Carriage at denot. Telegraph at 
Wayne, with private Telephone connection With 
Oaklawn. 
Dated Sept, t, iSS*. Send for Catalogue “N. 1 ' 
Sold separate or combined. Thousands In us- \ 4 
und glviug universal satisfaction ^ All Inquiries \\ s 
nprt orders from the N. E. States, N. Y.. Pa., Del \ \ 
N. J.. Md., Va..and W. Ya., should be addressed t _ , 
G. B. Olln A Co.. Perry. N. Y_ From CaL Oree 
Wnah. Ter. aud Nev. to Batchelor & W ylle Sai - 
Kranci«!o, Cal pro in all other States and Tei . 
fltorles west of the Mississippi P.lver. III. an .^ 
Win. The dale Spring-tooth Harrow Co., D. 
troll.. Mich. From the Dominion of Canada _~w 
Nox n Bro s Mauur. Co., Ingersoll, Out. From 
ull other territory to 
will deserve the repu¬ 
tation of former years 
by the continued ad¬ 
dition of all tho em¬ 
bellishments und im¬ 
provements that costly 
and skilled artisans 
can produce. 
Illustrated Cata¬ 
logues, with elegant 
and varied styles, sent 
free to a!l applicants. 
ALBIOW MANUr. CO., Albion, Mich 
HOTCHKIN & WILDER, 
MANUFACTURERS OF FINE 
LADIES! 
J. E8TEY 
Get iid Clubs for our CELEBRATED TEAS, ami 
COFFEES ami secure a beautiful MOSS-ROSE or 
GOLD-B.Wl) TE A-SET (41 pi cvb). our own im 
portatlojt. one of these beautiful Llilna ten-set* 
given away to the party gentling a club for *25. This 
fa the greatest Inducement ever offered Send In 
your orders and enjoy * cup of (FOOD TKA or COP 
Kid'’., and at the same time procure a HANDSOME 
CHINA TEA SET. No humbug Good Teas sue., ,15c,, 
aud llw. per pound Excellent 'Teas 50c. and 60c..and 
very toil from HV. to iMq. wt.ordering be sure 
and mention what kind or Teas you want—whether 
Oolong, Mixed. Japan, Imperial. Young Hyson, Gnu 
powder or English Break rant. We are the oldest mul 
largest Tea Company In the business. The reputation 
of our house requires no comment. For full part leu 
lars address THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO.. 
P. O. Box 288. 31 and M Veeey 8t., N. Y. 
B ru tilebsro. Vr. 
pVERY Cheese Maker should use this B mil 
" age. It is a new and great Improvement. Alsu 
Jenks’ Automatic Cheese Maker. 
A perfect apparatus for making cheese In the com 
mon vats entirely by machinery. 
%3T Send for our Illustrated Circular. 
CHARLES MILLAR & SON, Utica, N. Y, 
Mauuf’rs of Cheese Factory and Dairy Ap 
paratus and Supplies. 
OPEN AND TOP BUGGIES 
Best work. Low prices. Send for Catalogue. 
SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
Raspberry, the best. Every one should 
have It . All Small Fruit. Send for Cata¬ 
logue free. 
J. 1KVIN JOHNSON, 
PALMYRA, Wayne Co., N. Y. 
